When determining the "Area shaded by plant canopy", do you count the entire tree canopy area, or only the area of hardscape that overlaps with the 10-yr tree canopy? I've received conflicting...

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I have a project that's located in Europe. The buiding will have an accessible roof terrace which will be paved with white concrete pavers. The manufacturer does not offer any...

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In my projects in Poland usually when we aim to achieve heat island option 1. points with non-roof "open-grid pavement" strategy we mean permeable grass pavers, just like the ones...

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I have a parking lot inside my project boundary which is partially covered by PV panels while some portions are covered by trees canopy. It also have open-grid pavement. Should I...

Hi Forum, can anyone confirm that a modular vegetated systems (plastic modules with ecomembrane, above ground) can count on the calculations for the vegetated surface, i would like to implement a...

https://leeduser.buildinggreen.com/forum/ground-level-surface-undergroun... If you want to be certain, and your project is entirely underground (which is unusual), I'd recommend emailing LEED Coach to get confirmation. Log in or register to post comments ...

emily reese moody Sustainability Director, Certifications & Compliance Jacobs LEEDuser Expert 486 thumbs up September 2, 2024- 2:05 pm Hi Glykeria, This older post should help answer your questions:  https://leeduser.buildinggreen.com/forum/ground-level-surface-undergroun... Log in or register to post comments ...

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I have seen a couple posts about how to count gravel in a nonroof measure. However, I am wondering if gravel counts in the "Total site paving area" of the calculation. 

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In this credit under option 1 the standard formula includes a vegetated roof.  If our client does not wish to pursue this feature due to perceived maintenance, can we still achieve this credit...

Has anyone encountered a project where the client or other circumstances suggested we look into purple roof solution.  From the looks of it, it's a green roof solution with optimized stormwater...